Daneen Skube Ph.D.
Daneen Skube Ph.D. is director of interpersonal edge, (www.interpersonaledge.com), a firm that gives companies and individuals the interpersonal advantage at work. Skube has been writing her column "Working Connections" for The Seattle Times since 1994. It is syndicated as "Interpersonal Edge" by Tribune Media Services.
People suffer needlessly because they don't have the communication tools to solve conflicts, generate influence, hear hidden agendas, build professional alliances and promote themselves within the workplace. Interpersonal Edge teaches readers how to thrive in the most difficult part of work: dealing with other people. Skube's advice blends a counselor's insight and a management consultant's pragmatism to give readers the help they need to get ahead. Skube's book, "Interpersonal Edge: Breakthrough Tools for Talking to Anyone, Anywhere, About Anything," offers the strategies and secrets behind her popular column's effectiveness.
Skube gives organizations and private clients an edge in an increasingly competitive business world through organizational workshops for Fortune 500 companies, government, health care, accounting, consulting, legal firms, family businesses and manufacturing facilities. She coaches boards, CEOs and management teams. She's also FOX Channel 13's "Workplace Guru" giving workplace advice to viewers every Monday morning. Skube has spoken extensively about workplace communication at conferences in the United States, Europe and Canada. She appears on television and radio as a subject expert in the area of workplace communication. She's also a member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
Skube has worked in the field of workplace communication, executive coaching, and counseling for more than 27 years. She has a B.A. with an emphasis in psychology and nonverbal communication from Evergreen State College. Her M.A. is in organizational development and her Ph.D. is in human development both from The Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Daneen Skube Ph.D. Samples
Workplace Suffering Can Result in Enlightenment
Q. There are so many things wrong with my current job that it would take a book to list them all. A. Show me a person that can't make a list of what is wrong with their life in and out of the workplace and I'll show you a person who is lying.
Help! I'm A Mommy Not a Manager!
Q. I am a manager and I feel like more of a mommy. A. Yes, most managers think there are only two approaches to get employees to do what they want: Either ask "pretty please," or scare employees into performing.
Is Job Loyalty for Better or Worse?
Q. I have worked for my company for 10 years, and the manager I loved just retired. A. You should negotiate for a different job, but it may not mean leaving your current company.
Sexual Tension Complicates Workplace
Q. I work with a guy and can tell we are both extremely attracted to each other. A. A workplace flirtation can put more spice in your job and more spring in your step. Married or unmarried, unless you intend to say "I do" to more than sex in the supply closet, you're risking your professional reputation and job.
Befriend your Restlessness
Q. Since summer has hit, I notice myself daydreaming a lot at work. A. Change is not a solution to a problem you have not yet identified. Henry David Thoreau observed, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
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